Cigar-tip cutter.



No. 837,018. PATBNTED NOV. 27, 1906. J. L. WBNTZ. CIGAR TIP GUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED BBB. 20. 1906.

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ClGAR-TIP CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2"?, 1906.

Application filed February 20, 1906. Serial No. 302.089.

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Beit known that I, JERE L. WENTZ, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Bath, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigar-Tip' Cutters, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to cigar-tip cutters, and has for its object toprovide a cigar-tip cutter of simple, compact, and economicalconstruction and adapted to be conveniently carried in the pocket.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a cigar-tipcutter embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing themovable part in a different position from that represented in Fig. l.Fig. 3 is a face view of the device, one of the side plates of thecasing being removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on theline 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 ofFig. 1. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are sectional views showing differentembodiments of my invention. Fig. 1l is a face view of a knife or cutterblade of different form from that shown in the other views. Fig. 12 is aface view of a cigar-tip cutter embodying my invention, but differing insome respects from the forms shown in the other views, the front sideplate of the casing being removed.

The cutter is preferably of cylindrical form and consists of a casingformed of two parts held together and having mounted between them asliding cutter blade or knife. lVithin the casing is formed a slidewayfor holding the knife and directing its movements, such slideway beingusually formed by special construction of one or both of the parts ofwhich the casing is composed, as will be described. The knife isarranged to be operated by the finger of the user, for which pur posethe casing is provided with a finger-ap erture and the knife-blade withacorresponding aperture, that in the blade, however, being of less sizethan the one in the casing.

The casing (represented inFigs. l to 5) con sists 0f two flat andpreferably circular plates C C', each provided with an aperture a toreceive the finger of the user and an aperture l) to receive the tip ofa cigar. It is of course to be understood that the plates are soarranged when united to form the casing as to cause .the guide dtherefor.

these apertures to come opposite each other. Between the plates C C is aspacing-plate D, which becomes part of the casing, so constructed as toform a guideway d for the cutter blade or knife F. These three plates C,C, and D are suitably secured together, as by screws or pins E. 4

The knife consists of a thin plate of metal preferably steel, having asharpened edge e and an aperture e, end of the finger of the user. Themetal of which the knife is formed is of about the same thickness as theintermediate plate D and is situated in the recess formed between theouter plates C C and the side walls of the intermediate blade thatconstitute the guideway for the knife. The registering apertures a inthe outer plates of the casing are formed entirely within the peripheralcircle of these plates, so that they are surrounded bythe -metal of theplates, and they are preferably elongated in a direction parallel withthe lines along which the knife is caused to move by It will be seen,particularly by reference to Fig. 2, that the aperture .e in the knife,which registers with the apertures a in the casing, is of less size thanthe elongated dimensions of the apertures a vfor the manifest reason ofpermitting the movement of the finger of the user within the slots awhen passed through the aperture e The method of using the cutter isapparent. The cutter is grasped between the thumb and one of the fingersof the user, the finger being inserted through the apertures a in thecasing and the aperture e in the knife. lf now the knife be moved so asto uncover the aperture b in the casing, a cigar-tip may be insertedinto said aperture and clipped by moving the cutting edge of the knifeacross the aperture t.

As `represented in Figs. 3 and 1l, the cutting edge of the blade may bevariously shaped. In the latter view it is straight and diagonally theguideway, while in the former the cutting edge is V -shaped The latterconstruction is for some reasons preferred.

As represented in Figs. 6 to l0, the recess and guideway for thecutting-blade of the x05 be variously constructed. As represented inFig. 6, the casing is formed of two plates, the inner faces of which arerabbeted, as indicated at 2, to form the knife recess and guide.

lmife may adapted to receivethe disposed relative to the edges of roo InFig. 7 the casing is 11o again represented -asV being formed oftWo l thecutter being entirely plates; but here one of the plates isfconsiderablythicker than `the other, andthe thicker one is rabbeted or cut out toform the knife recess and guide, as indicated at- 3.r

The formv of casing represented in Fig. 8 is quite similar to thatrepresented in Fig. 7 but' differs in that the thinner plate of thecasing is formed With a circumferential flange 4, that, is bent over thethe 'otherlpl'aterlhe construction of Figi'. 9 is` similar to that Withraddition, that bandi secured to the casing.Vv`

there' is a ring4 or In Fig. 10 there is illustrated' a construcftion-similarA tfothatt represented iii-Figs.y l tof peripheral bandv 5similarfto that shown in=Fig; 9.

aperture a isV ent'ir'ely sur-rounded bythe metalli of the casing,`

5, Witliithe addition of'af It'A Willbe seen' that vthe soV that theknife is-entirely incl'osed, Whatever be its positioni knife d'o not',therefore, carry any portion ofit beyondthe limitsV of the peripheryofthe caslng.

What I claimfisl. Ay cigar-tip cutter having a casing in Which is formedanaperture to'receive a cigarf-tip-and" an aperture surrounded by thecasing' for receiving the finger of the user, and a slidingVcutter-mounted in a chamber Within the'casing having acutting edge arranged to be moved across the aptprture for' the cigar-tip, and havingalso a ger-aperture registering With thefinger-aperture in theca'sing,whereby the finger of the user can move the cutter positively inbothdirections,

periphery or edge ofV cas-ing4 represented representedin Fig. 6,.

peripheral'edge of they The movements of theI Y posedl entirely WithininclosedfWithin the casing, substantially as set forth.

2.y A cigarltip cutter comprising a casing having an aperture to receivethe finger and an aperture to receive the tip of a cigar, the casingbeing formed With an interior guide- Way for directing the movements ofthe knife, and a knife mounted on the said'guide- Wayhaving a cuttingedge adapted to traverse the aperture in the casing for the tip of thecigar, and having an aperture to receive the finger, thefingeaperturesinthe'casing and the knife being. arranged to register,and the aperture in the knife being smaller' than that inthe casing,substantially as set forth.

3. In a cigar-tip cutter, the combinationof a'casing formedofa pairofplates secured together face to facel and having formed between them arecess and a guideway for a knife or cutter, each plate having aperforation b to receive the tip of: the cigar and anelongatedrperforation a to receive the linger of the user, thevsaidperforationsinl the tWo plates being caused to register with each other,andv the finger-apertures being dis'- the periphery of the casing, and aknife of a thickness less than the thickness of the casing arrangedWithin the recess and guideWay in the casing, and

provided With the finger-recess-- e" entirely surrounded by thematerialof'the knife, and smaller than the finger-aperturesinthe casing,substantially as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I affix iny signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.-

JERE L, WENTZ. Witnesses:

ALBERT D. RHYMEN, AARON SHUPP.

